The next day, our chicks from McMurray Hatchery arrived..all 35 of them...

Aren't they adorable? Well, they were adorable. They are feathered out now, and looking more like adult chickens. The cute stage didn't last very long. :(

A few days later, we found one of our Bantam hens was broody and is now on 6 eggs. Oops.. make that 4 eggs - 2 have already hatched!

One chick is light brown, probably an Aracuana. (The eggs she is setting on are not her own, but eggs from our other hens.)

The other chick is almost entirely black, which means it was fathered by Ian's huge black rooster, aptly named Gigantor. See how massive he is compared to our hens?

You can see Gigantor's chick peeking out from under the Bantam's feathers on the lower left side. :)

And as if we didn't have enough birds in the house (in the den beside the wood stove for warmth), we bought 16 White Pekin ducklings from our local Tractor Supply. Ducks are my favorite birds!! :) They are straight run, so we don't know how many males and females we have. Only time will tell.

How cute are they?!

Mimi loved carrying the ducks around the house, providing there was a "duck diaper" (paper towel) under the duck at all times. ;) She and her siblings did a great job of taming them.

When the birds got old enough (or rather when we got tired of the constant chirping), we moved all of them out to the barn.

On the days when the weather is warm enough, we let the ducks out to graze in the field. Mimi is getting plenty of opportunities to sharpen her duck herding skills..

But she also makes sure each duckling gets some TLC.. :)

Sometimes, she just sits and watches them. They are quite entertaining. :)

Ok, enough about the birds. Spring has finally sprung here and that means it garden planting time..at least the early crops.

So far, we have planted peas, carrots, kale, mustard, and spinach..

And, of course, you simply can't plant a freshly plowed garden with shoes on, right? Barefooting is the only way to go! ;)

While digging in the dirt, we found this cocoon..

Ian, our resident entomologist, couldn't identify it. So we put it in a jar, hoping that we will eventually get to see what's inside. Whatever it is, I am sure it will be fun to sketch in our Nature journals.

"....to love their husbands, love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the Word of God may not be blasphemed." Titus 2: 4~5

"Her children rise up and call her blessed.." - Proverbs 31:28

"I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England." - John Wesley

" To be a mother is by no means second class. Men may have the authority, but the women have the influence. The mother, more than the father, is the one who molds and shapes these little lives from day one. " - John MacArthur

"All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother." - Abraham Lincoln

The days are long, but the years are short.

"Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality." - Beatrix Potter

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